Long time to be gone…

I’ve been a long time gone from having anything worth saying. Still feeling a void for all I’ve lost since Covid hit. The Virus did do one good thing with epic success. Separated the selfish arrogant people from the compassionate people. I’ve lost literal life long friends to Covid. Not because they’ve passed away but because they are more concerned their political leaders stance on it than what is actually happening. There’s a big difference between having beliefs and boldly writing your beliefs on Facebook and in the text daring your ‘Friends’ to disagree with you. I can have civil conversation about any subject regardless if our beliefs are in line or opposing. But the ‘behind the keyboard belittling or bullying’ I just won’t accept. Since removing such people from my friends list and life, I find myself happier and not grinding my teeth in anger or shock at the things I read on a forum that was supposed to be a happy pastime. Doesn’t change that I miss the old days when we didn’t know the politics of the people we ran with. I always just assumed that everyone loved all people and wanted everyone to succeed in life. You can imagine my shock at learning how much hate actually exists. And in the hearts of people who I considered close friends.

In the last 2 weeks I’ve lost 6 people I knew to God calling them home. 3 I considered very dear friends. I had the privilege of being in contact with the extended families of these 3 during this sad time. Unfortunately what I had not previously thought about was that one of the people who I was close friends with for 39 years and lost to politics has elderly parents who I hold dear in my heart. Sadly I’ll not be able to have visits with or conversations with again. And when they pass (we all will sometime) I’ll not be informed or able to pay my respects. I think that is tragic.

Still I press on regardless. That simple sentence holds a lot of wisdom. My Mentor, my Brother, my dear Friend Raymond used to write this after his signature on every letter he wrote to me during my incarceration.

Press On Regardless